Gore, speaking in Madison, congratulates Obama

Former Vice President Al Gore, speaking in Madison Friday morning, congratulated President Obama on his Nobel Peace Prize.

"I think it's thrilling President Barack Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize," Gore said before his remarks to the Society of Environmental Journalists conference. "It's an honor for him… it's an honor for our country."

"Much of what he has accomplished already is going to be far more appreciated in the eyes of history as it has been by the Nobel committee in their announcement early this morning."

Gore, who won the Peace Prize in 2007, cited Obama's speech to the United Nations and his "success in changing the way the world is approaching the climate crisis."

"I think it will take some time before people put together all the different moves that linked his speech at the United Nations."